Favourite City's

i stick with my previous list.

But I'd love to add the following: Buenas Aries, Istanbul, Singapore.

Anyone been to these?
 
MARKB said:
i stick with my previous list.

But I'd love to add the following: Buenas Aries, Istanbul, Singapore.

Anyone been to these?
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I totally forgot about Istanbul. Amazing city... great mixture of old and new. The bazaars, mosques, palaces. The Hagia Sofia. Vibrant nightlife. Gorgeous views of the Bosphorus, etc. Love it.
 
I think I would have to go with the championship winning squad of 1970 which contained legends such as Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee, Francis Lee, Mike Doyle, Neil Young etc.

One could argue that we became a better side with the later additions of Dennis law, Rodney Marsh & Dennis Tueart, but not as successful!! :)
 
Actually, I'll defend Jonny here. Dubai has thousands of people from all over Asia. OK, sure, many of them are dangling from 200m platforms turning screws into new skyscrapers, but it's not homogenous Arab anymore.

I've got a friend from Australia that spends a lot of time down there as it's become quite the financial hub these days, a Russian friend who works for Emirates and is based there, and an American friend who works at an oil project (month on/month off) and spends his month off in Dubai.

Many wealthy Westerners have snapped up properties there lately as well.

All that said, while I think it's becoming quite cosmopolitan, I don't think it's quite there yet to be called a world city.
 
Morbyd said:
Actually, I'll defend Jonny here. Dubai has thousands of people from all over Asia. OK, sure, many of them are dangling from 200m platforms turning screws into new skyscrapers, but it's not homogenous Arab anymore.

I've got a friend from Australia that spends a lot of time down there as it's become quite the financial hub these days, a Russian friend who works for Emirates and is based there, and an American friend who works at an oil project (month on/month off) and spends his month off in Dubai.

Many wealthy Westerners have snapped up properties there lately as well.

All that said, while I think it's becoming quite cosmopolitan, I don't think it's quite there yet to be called a world city.
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I think it depends on how you defy "cosmopolitan", I dont think a city with a predominantly "middle class" population and little in the way of history can be cosmopolitan in the way thay London, New York, Rio de janiero san Francisco etc are as they have both history and classes from top to bottom!!
 
jjinit said:
I think it depends on how you defy "cosmopolitan", I dont think a city with a predominantly "middle class" population and little in the way of history can be cosmopolitan in the way thay London, New York, Rio de janiero san Francisco etc are as they have both history and classes from top to bottom!!
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Cosmopolitan: composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests.

Of course, Dubai as it is now is certainly not as historic as those other cities.
 
London
Amsterdam
Bangkok
Barcelona
Leeds

Top five:)


Five 'to do in the near footure'
Moscow
Beunes Aires
Tokyo
Helsinki
New York


Interesting that no Australian cities have been listed by anyone?
 
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No 1 San Fran, without doubt!!
Paris
Hong Kong
Manilla
Paris
Buenos Aeirres (?)
Chicago
New York
Rome
Mexico City, which is crazy!!
 
grego said:
johnny and jonny.

i'm not talking about what you consider to be world cities, i'm talking about the recognised/categorised definitions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_city
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Interesting. So, according to the 2004 GaWC Leading World Cities list, "Well-rounded global cities" include: London, New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Madrid, Milan, Moscow and Toronto.

Seems like a bit of a Western bias there... in fact, the Wikipedia article has been "nominated to be checked for neutrality."

I think the 1991 assessment of London, New York and Tokyo is a bit outdated.
 
Morbyd said:
Interesting. So, according to the 2004 GaWC Leading World Cities list, "Well-rounded global cities" include: London, New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Boston, Chicago, Madrid, Milan, Moscow and Toronto.

Seems like a bit of a Western bias there... in fact, the Wikipedia article has been "nominated to be checked for neutrality."

I think the 1991 assessment of London, New York and Tokyo is a bit outdated.
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originally, i was just giving what i thought to be the classic definition.

i agree the 91 thing is outdated, but the 04 one is open to interpretation. i think whatever way you look at it, london and NYC would always be in the top 2 or 3.
 
grego said:
i agree the 91 thing is outdated, but the 04 one is open to interpretation. i think whatever way you look at it, london and NYC would always be in the top 2 or 3.
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Agreed. And in 1st or 2nd place. If you'd asked 10-15 years ago, I'd have said NYC is first. Now it's definitely London.
 
Morbyd said:
Agreed. And in 1st or 2nd place. If you'd asked 10-15 years ago, I'd have said NYC is first. Now it's definitely London.
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Agreed. (too much agreement going on between us two here8O :?). So i think NYC is always going to be in first place.;) 8)

venga nueva york!!!:D
 
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